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Land birds

Kākā

Common name: Kākā
Scientific name: Nestor meridionalis
NZ Status: Endemic/recovering

Kākāriki

Common name: Red crowned parakeet
Scientific name: Cyanoramphus novaezelandiae
NZ Status: Endemic/relict

North Island brown kiwi

Common name: North Island brown kiwi
Scientific name: Apteryx mantelli
NZ Status: Endemic/not threatened

Koekoeā

Common name: Long-tailed cuckoo
Scientific name: Eudynamys taitensis
NZ Status: Endemic, naturally uncommon

Korimako

Common name: Bellbird
Scientific Name: Anthornis melanura
NZ Status: Endemic, not threatened

Kukupa/Kererū

Common name: New Zealand pigeon
Scientific name: Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae
NZ Status: Endemic, not threatened

Mātātā

Common name: Fernbird
Scientific name: Poodytes punctatus
NZ Status: Endemic, declining

Miromiro

Common name: North Island Tomtit
Scientific name: Petroica macrocephala
NZ Status: Endemic, not threatened

Pāteke

Common name: Brown teal
Scientific Name: Anas chlorotis
NZ Status: Endemic, recovering 

Pīhoihoi

Common name: New Zealand pipit
Scientific name: Anthus novaeseelandiae
NZ Status: Endemic, declining

Pīwakawaka

Common name: New Zealand fantail
Scientific name: Rhipidura fuliginosa
NZ Status: Endemic, not threatened

Pōpokotea

Common name: Whitehead
Scientific name: Mohoua albicilla
NZ Status: Endemic, declining

Pūtangitangi

Common name: Paradise Shelduck
Scientific name: Tadorna variegata
NZ Status: Endemic, not threatened

Riroriro

Common name: Grey Warbler
Scientific name: Gerygone igata
NZ Status: Endemic, not threatened

Tīeke

Common name: North Island Saddleback
Scientific name: Philesturnus rufusater
NZ Status: Endemic, recovering 

Toutouwai

Common name: North Island Robin
Scientific name: Petroica longipes
NZ Status: Endemic, declining

Tūī

Common name: Parson Bird
Scientific name: Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae
NZ Status: Endemic, not threatened

Kāhu

Common name: Australasian harrier
Scientific name: Circus approximans 
NZ Status: Native, not threatened 

Kōtare

Common name: Sacred kingfisher
Scientific name: Todiramphus sanctus
NZ Status: Native, not threatened

Mioweka

Common name: Banded rail
Scientific name: Gallirallus philippensis
NZ Status: Native, declining

Pūkeko

Common name: Swamp Hen
Scientific name: Porphyrio melanotus
NZ Status: Native, not threatened 

Pūweto

Common name: Spotless Crake
Scientific name: Zapornia tabuensis
NZ Status: Native, declining

Ruru

Common name: Morepork
Scientific name: Ninox novaeseelandiae
NZ Status: Native, not threatened

Tauhou

Common name: Silvereye
Scientific name: Zosterops lateralis
NZ Status: Native, not threatened

Warou

Common name: Welcome swallow
Scientific name: Hirundo tahitica neoxena
NZ Status: Native, not threatened

Makipai

Common name: Australian magpie
Scientific name: Gymnorhina tibicen
NZ Status: Introduced and naturalised

Manu pango

Common name: Blackbird
Scientific name: Turdus merula
NZ Status: Introduced and naturalised

Brown quail

Common name: Australian brown quail
Scientific name: Coturnix ypsilophora
NZ Status: Introduced and naturalised

Chaffinch

Common name: Chaffinch
Scientific name: Fringilla coelebs
NZ Status: Introduced and naturalised

Common myna

Common name: Common myna
Scientific name: Acridotheres tristis
NZ Status: Introduced and naturalised

Common starling

Common name: Common starling
Scientific name: Sturnus vulgaris
NZ Status: Introduced and naturalised 

Dunnock

Common name: Dunnock
Scientific name: Prunella modularis
NZ Status: Introduced and naturalised 

Eastern Rosella

Common name: Eastern Rosella
Scientific name: Platycercus eximius
NZ Status: Introduced and naturalised 

Eurasian skylark

Common name: Eurasian skylark
Scientific name: Alauda arvensis
NZ Status: Introduced and naturalised

Goldfinch

Common name: Goldfinch
Scientific name: Carduelis carduelis
NZ Status: Introduced and naturalised

Greenfinch

Common name: Greenfinch
Scientific name: Carduelis chloris
NZ Status: Introduced and naturalised

House sparrow

Common name: House sparrow
Scientific name: Passer domesticus
NZ Status: Introduced and naturalised  

Laughing kookaburra

Common name: Laughing kookaburra
Scientific name: Dacelo novaeguineae
NZ Status: Introduced and naturalised 

Pīpīwharauroa

Common name: Shining Cuckoo
Scientific name: Chrysococcyx lucidus
NZ Status: Introduced and naturalised 

Song thrush

Common name: Song thrush
Scientific name: Turdus philomelos
NZ Status: Introduced and naturalised 

Spotted Dove

Common name: Spotted Dove
Scientific name: Streptopelia chinensis
NZ Status: Introduced and naturalised

Yellowhammer

Common name: Yellowhammer
Scientific name: Emberiza citrinell
NZ Status: Introduced and naturalised